1 John 3:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Beholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs, yt we shulde be called the childre of God. Therfore ye worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not him.

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  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as receaued him, to them gaue he power to be the children of God: euen soch as beleue in his name.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For ye all are the children of God by the faith in Christ Iesu.
  • Gal 4:5-6 : 5 to redeme them which were vnder the lawe, that we mighte receaue ye childshippe. 6 For so moch the as ye are children, God hath sent the sprete of his sonne in to oure hertes, which cryeth: Abba, deare father.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 & be youre father, & ye shalbe my sonnes and doughters, sayeth ye Allmightie LORDE.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his onely sonne, that who so euer beleueth in hi, shulde not perishe, but haue euerlastinge life.
  • John 17:25 : 25 Righteous father, the worlde hath not knowne ye, but I haue knowne ye: and these haue knowne, that thou hast sent me.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs, in yt Christ dyed for vs,whan we were yet synners:
  • Ps 36:7-9 : 7 Thou LORDE preseruest both me & beestes. How precious is thy mercy (O God) that the children of men maye put their trust vnder ye shadowe of thy wynges? 8 They shalbe satisfied with the pleteousnesse of thy house, and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures. 9 For by the is ye well of life, & in thy light, shall we se light.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde, because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde, that we mighte lyue thorow him. 10 Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to make agremet for oure synnes.
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 maye be able to coprehende with all sayntes, what is the bredth, and the length, and the deepth, and the heyth: 19 and to knowe the loue of Christ, which loue yet passeth all knowlege: that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God.
  • John 15:18-19 : 18 Yf the worlde hate you, then knowe, that it hath hated me before you. 19 Yf ye were of the worlde, the worlde wolde loue his awne. Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you from the worlde, therfore the worlde hateth you.
  • John 16:3 : 3 And soch thinges shal they do vnto you, because they haue nether knowne ye father ner yet me.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 Which spared not his owne sonne, but hath geuen him for vs all: how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also?
  • Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As he sayeth also by Osee: I wil call that my people, which is not my people: and my beloued, which is not ye beloued. 26 And it shal come to passe in ye place, where it was sayde vnto them: Ye are not my people, there shal they be called the children of the lyuynge God.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that ouercommeth, shal inheret all thinges I wil be his God, and he shalbe my sonne.
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs 5 eue wha we were deed in synnes, hath quyckened vs in Christ ( for by grace are ye saued)
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 Yf ye be Christes, the are ye Abrahas sede and heyres acordynge to the promes.
  • 2 Sam 7:19 : 19 This O LORDE God hast thou thoughte to litle also, but hast spoken of the house of thy seruaunt yet loge for to come. O LORDE God, is that the lawe of men?
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 Let me not be confounded (o LORDE) for I call vpon the: let the vngodly rather be put to confucion, and brought vnto the hell.
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For who so euer are led by the sprete of God, 15 are Gods childre: for ye haue not receaued the sprete of bondage to feare eny more, but ye haue receaued ye sprete of adopcion, wherby we crye: Abba, deare father. 16 The same sprete certifieth oure sprete, that we are the childre of God. 17 Yf we be childre, then are we heyres also, namely the heyres of God, and heyres annexed with Christ, yf so be that we suffer together, that we maye be also glorified together.
  • Rom 8:21 : 21 For the creature also shal be fre from the bondage of corrupcion, vnto the glorious libertye of the childre of God.
  • Ps 89:1-2 : 1 My songe shal be allwaye of the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE, wt my mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithfulnesse fro one generacion to another. 2 For I haue sayde: mercy shal be set vp for euer, thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the heauens.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 I haue shewed also, how I toke the vp beinge but a childe, and gaue the a pleasaunt londe for thine heretage, yee and a goodly hooste of the Heithen: and how I commaunded the, that thou shuldest call me father only, and not to shrencke fro me.
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 And though the nombre of the children of Israel be as the sonde of the see, which can nether be measured ner tolde: Yet in the place where it is sayde vnto them, ye be not my people: euen there shall it be thus reported of them: they be ye childre of the lyuynge God.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For ye are deed, and youre life is hyd with Christ in God.

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  • 1 John 3:2
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    2Dearly beloued, we are now ye childre of God, and yet hath it not appeared what we shalbe. But we knowe yt when he shal appeare, we shal be like him: for we shal se him as he is.

  • 1 John 4:6-13
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    6We are of God, and he that knoweth God, herkeneth vnto vs: he that is not of God, heareth vs not. Here by knowe we the sprete of trueth, and ye sprete of erroure.

    7Dearly beloued, let vs loue one another, for loue commeth of God. And euery one yt loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.

    9By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde, because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde, that we mighte lyue thorow him.

    10Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to make agremet for oure synnes.

    11Dearly beloued, yf God so loued vs, we oughte also to loue one another.

    12No man hath sene God at eny tyme. Yf we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfecte in vs.

    13Hereby knowe we that we dwell in him, and he in vs, because he hath geuen vs of his sprete.

  • 1 John 1:2-3
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    2and the life hath appeared, and we haue sene, and beare wytnes, and shewe vnto you ye life that is euerlastinge, which was with the father, and hath apeared vnto vs.

    3That which we haue sene & herde, declare we vnto you, that ye also maye haue fellishippe with vs, and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christ.

  • 1 John 4:15-17
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    15Whosoeuer now confesseth yt Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God, and he in God:

    16and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God, and God in him.

    17Here in is the loue perfecte with vs, that we shulde haue a fre boldnesse in the daye of iudgment: for as he is, eue so are we in this worlde.

  • 1 John 3:9-11
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    9Who so euer is borne of God, synneth not: for his sede remayneth in him, & he ca not synne, because he is borne of God.

    10By this are the children of God knowne & the children of the deuell. Who so euer doeth not righteousnes, is not of God, nether he thath loueth not his brother.

    11For this is the tydinges which ye haue herde from the begynnynge, that ye shulde loue one another,

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15Se that ye loue not the worlde, nether ye thinges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man loue the worlde, the loue of the father is not in him:

    16for all that is in the worlde (namely the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde.

  • 1 John 3:13-14
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    13Maruayle not (my brethren) though the worlde hate you.

    14We knowe yt we are traslated from death vnto life, because we loue the brethren. He that loueth not his brother, abydeth in death.

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    16Hereby haue we perceaued loue, that he gaue his life for vs, and therfore ought we also to geue oure lyues for the brethre.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1Who so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ, is borne of God. And who soeuer loueth him that begat, loueth him also which was begotten of him.

    2By this we knowe that we loue Gods children, whan we loue God, and kepe his commaundementes.

  • John 3:16
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    16For God so loued the worlde, that he gaue his onely sonne, that who so euer beleueth in hi, shulde not perishe, but haue euerlastinge life.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18My litle children, let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge, but with ye dede, and with the trueth.

    19Hereby knowe we, that we are of the verite, and can quyete oure hertes before him.

  • 1 John 4:19
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    19Let vs loue him, for he loued vs first.

  • Gal 4:6-7
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    6For so moch the as ye are children, God hath sent the sprete of his sonne in to oure hertes, which cryeth: Abba, deare father.

    7Wherfore now, thou art not a seruaunt, but a sonne. Yf thou be a sonne, then art thou the heyre of God thorow Christ.

  • John 1:12-13
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    12But as many as receaued him, to them gaue he power to be the children of God: euen soch as beleue in his name.

    13Which are not borne of bloude, ner of the wyl of the flesh, ner of the wyl of man, but of God.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The same sprete certifieth oure sprete, that we are the childre of God.

  • 1 John 3:23
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    23And this is his comaundement, that we beleue on ye name of his sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another, as he gaue commaundement.

  • 1 Cor 2:12
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    12As for vs, we haue not receaued the sprete of this worlde, but the sprete which cometh of God, so that we ca knowe what is geue vs of God:

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For ye all are the children of God by the faith in Christ Iesu.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But yf eny man loue God, the same is knowne of him.

  • Eph 1:6
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    6vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued,

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20But we knowe, that the sonne of God is come, and hath geuen vs a mynde, to knowe him which is true: and we are in him yt is true, in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God, and euerlastinge life.

  • Rom 8:14
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    14For who so euer are led by the sprete of God,

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28And now babes, abyde in hi, yt wha he shal appeare, we maye be bolde, & not be made ashamed of him at his commynge.

  • John 1:18
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    18No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begotte sonne which is in the bosome of the father, he hath declared the same vnto vs.

  • Eph 1:3
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    3Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs wt all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ

  • 1 John 3:21
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    21Dearly beloued, yf oure hert condemne vs not, then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde.

  • John 17:25
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    25Righteous father, the worlde hath not knowne ye, but I haue knowne ye: and these haue knowne, that thou hast sent me.

  • 1 John 4:4
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    4Litle children, ye are off God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in the worlde.

  • 2 John 1:3
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    3Grace, mercy, and peace be with you fro the LORDE Iesus Christ ye sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue.

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    3And hereby are we sure that we knowe him, yf we kepe his comaundemetes.

  • John 3:35
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    35The father loueth the sonne, and hath geuen him all thinges in to his hande.

  • 1 Pet 1:8
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    8whom ye haue not sene, and yet loue him: in whom now ye beleue, though ye se him not. Euen so shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and glorious ioye,